Financial Disparities of Tobacco and Alcohol Consumption Among a Selected Target Group - Results of Own Research

Population ageing and reducing of the life expectancy is currently not only a health problem, but also a socio-economic problem in countries in the world. The aim of this paper was to examine the differences in alcohol consumption and smoking among the selected group. In the analysis we used data obtained through a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was drawn to the target group of university students in Slovakia. One of the main findings of the work is that we do not monitor the statistical significant addiction to smoking among respondents. Differences across genders are reflected in the alcohol consumption and the monthly alcohol expenditure by respondents. We do not record significant dependence on the impact of socio-economic status on the health behavior of respondents. Alcohol and smoking are a global problem. In recent years we follow the growing number of fatal disease. These disease are the main part of the avoidable mortality Reducing the negative determinants of avoidable mortality, especially the disease caused by smoking and alcohol consumption, should be a challenge for the health care system in the Slovak Republic in the coming years. The entire database of data from the questionnaire survey can be used for future research.